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When did BGA list on the JSE, in effect replacing ASA?

Assuming 2 Aug 2013, anybody followed this?

 

Time table from the applicable SENS

Shareholders are advised of the following salient dates for the change in name, as
    set out below:

                                                                                        2013
    Salient dates and times
    Finalisation information in respect of name change                       Monday, 22 July
    published on SENS
    Finalisation information in respect of name change                      Tuesday, 23 July
    published in the South African press
    Closing Date                                                           Wednesday, 31 July
   
    Last day to trade under the old name ?Absa Group                       Thursday, 1 August
    Limited? in respect of the proposed name change
   
    Shares trade under the new name ?Barclays Africa Group                   Friday, 2 August
    Limited? under the JSE share code ?BGA?, abbreviated
    name ?B-Africa? and new ISIN code ?ZAE000174124?
    from commencement of trading

    Record date for the change of name                                      Thursday, 8 August
   
    Dematerialised Shareholders? accounts updated for name                    Monday, 12 August
    change to Barclays Africa Group Limited

    New ?Barclays Africa Group Limited? share certificates,                   Monday, 12 August
    reflecting the change of name, posted, by registered post
    in South Africa, to certificated shareholders who have
    surrendered their documents of title on or before 12:00 on
    the record date for the change of name


    Absa Group shares may not be dematerialised or rematerialised after Thursday, 1
    August 2013. Times indicated above are local times in South Africa.

Sigh, now I have to go update all the shares, could someone please tell Barclays I'm trying to run a competition here 

Search & Replace?

I was just teasing, it was a quick update statement.

Barclays South Africa (BGA) full-year profit climbed 20%

Net income rose to R12-billion ($1.1 billion) from R10-billion a year earlier.

EPS (excluding one-time items) increased to R13.97, estimate R13.67

Dividend declared R8.20 for the year and made a special payout of R7.08.

Share price earlier touched +5%, now +3.53%

Yesterday Barclays Plc (London)  (LSE: BARC) (NYSE: BCS.US),reported adjusted pre-tax profit for 2013 of 5.2-billion pounds ($8.5-billion) as litigation and compensation charges complicated chief executive Antony Jenkins's overhaul of Britain's second-biggest bank. That's 26% down from 7.05-billion pounds in 2012 and missed the 5.4-billion pound consensus analyst estimate compiled by the bank.

Share price -4.84% atm, US due to open in 30 min.

(Bloomberg)